Cabinet for beauty parlors



Aug. 10., 1926.

F. LANTIERI CABINET FOR BEAUTY PARLORS Filed Sept. 4, 1925 4 Sheets-Sheet 1 IN V EN TOR. FRHNK L HN T/ ER! By A ATTORNEYS.

Aug. 10 1926; 1,595,791

F. LANTIERI CABINET FOR BEAUTY PARLORS Filed Sept. 4 1925 4 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR. FRHNK Lfl/vT/se/ BY fz'm mAw A TTORNEYS.

F. LANTIERI CABINET FOR BEAUTY PARLORS Aug. 10

4-, 1925 4 Sheets-Sheet 1:

Filed Sept.

INVENTOR. FAHNK L F7NT/"/?I ATTORNEYS.

Aug. 10,1926. 1,595,791

F. LANTIERI CABINET FOR BEAUTY PARLORS Filed Sept. 4, 1925 4 Sheets-Sheet 4 INVENTOR. FRFINK LHNT/EKI A TTORNEYSI FRANK LANTIEEI, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

GABINET FOE BEAUTY PARLORS.

Application filed September 4:, 1925. Serial No. 54,497.

This invention is designed for use in beauty parlors and like establishments, and has for one of itsmain objects to provide a unitary structure in the form of a cabinet in which may be combined within a minimum of space and convenient reach the many articles now used and separately disposed about the booths of a hairdressing establishment.

Beauty parlors are generally located in the business sections of a city or town where the rents are relatively high, and one of the objects of the present inventionis to provide means for utilizing space in such establishments to a much greater advantage than is possible under present Working conditions.

As now used, the several appliances employed by hairdressers are arranged separately and in different parts of a booth and the operator is required to move about considerably in order to reach the diiierent articles, and this invention has for a further object to so combine and arrange the differcut articles used that they may be within easy reach of the operator, and save the operators and customers time and also dispense with any unnecessary movements and motions that may be annoying to some customers.

The several articles now used by liairdressers are each provided with supporting bases or hangers and each being a complete article in itself is sold as an individual item and the aggregate cost of the several articles is considerable.

Another object otthe present invention, therefore, is to combine many such articles in one unit with the parts so organized and correlated that they may be constructed and sold as a unitary structure, thereby greatly reducing the cost of manufacture and sale price of this cabinet.

it turther object of the invention is to provide for cleanliness and sanitary conditions, and that is accomplished in the present invention by providing means for enclosing and covering many of the articles generally left exposed to dust and floating bacteria, and by arranging the articles so that they may be quickly dusted and cleaned and kept in sanitary condition.

Another object of the present invention is to construct a unitary structure of the class described that shall be symmetrical in outline and construction, so that the structure may be made of a different number of units or sections without destroying-the general construction and arrangement of the device as a whole.

These and other objects apparent to those skilled in the art are accomplished by the means hereinafter described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings wherein is shown a preferred embodiment of the invention, but it is .to be understood that changes, variations and modifications may be resorted to without departing from the scope of the invention.

In describing the invention in detail reference is had to the accompanying drawings which form a part of this specification and. wherein like reference numerals indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views, and wherein:

F igure 1 is a front elevation of the cabinet embodying the invention showing the movable parts in closed position;

F1gure'2 is a front elevation of the cabinet shown in Figure 1 with some of the parts shown in open position, and in part broken away;

Figure 3 is a vertical transverse section taken on the line 33 of Figure 1;

Figure 4 is a vertical transverse section taken on the line 44 of Figure 1;

Figure 5 is a horizontal section taken on the line 5-5 of Figure 1;

Figure 6 is a vertical section of details of construction shown in Figure 2, but enlarged;

Figure 7 is a horizontal section taken on the line 7-7 of Figure 6;

Figure 8 is avertical section of a drawer and supporting shelf and connecting means;

Figure 9 is a perspective view of the drawer supporting shelf shown in Figure 8; and

Figure 10 is a front elevation of a cabinet embodying modifications of the invention.

In many respects a basin is the most important auxiliary used by a hairdresser. For convenience and efiiciency it should be located in proper relation to the chair used by the customer in order to save time during the hairdressing operation and relieve the customer of all inconvenience and an necessary movements.

The basin is fixed in position in or on the wall of a building, and one of the characteristic features of the present inventionconsists in the novel arrangement of the cabinet as a whole and some of the parts especially in relation to the basin.

As illustrated in the drawings 1 represents a basin of any suitable construction which may be built into the wall of a building or supported thereon. The manner of supporting the basin is not an essential feature of the invention as any suitable means may be used for that purpose.

The basin is provided with the usual drain and trap connections 2 and withwater supply pipes 3, faucets 4 and operating handles A suitable connection may be provided for a shampoo tubing 6 and spray head 7.

Another special feature of the invention consists in combining the cabinet with a basin in such a manner that the cabinet will not only be symmetrical in and of itself, but also in arranging the basin and cabinet so that the basin becomes in effect and in de sign a part of the unitary structure.

' In its preferred form the cabii et consists of two outer or Side sections an a central section.

The side sections preferably extend from the floor to the top of the cabinet and the central section extends preferably from the basin up to the top of the cabinet, although in design and function the basin forms one of the elements of the central section.

The top of the side and central sections may be in the same plane, but if not all in the same plane, the tops of the side sections are preferably arranged at the same level.

In the preferred construction and arrangement moreover the several elements of the side sections are balanced so as to make correspondin portions or elements of the respective si e sections similar in structure or general effect with each other, although that is not an essential feature of the invention.

The main frame of the device comprises standards or uprights 8 which may be made of any suitable material and construction, but for most purposes and particularly to afford strength with a minimum of weight they are made of metal tubing and angular in cross section, as shown in Figure 5.

Side plates or walls 9 are connected at their front margins with the standards 8 as shown in the last named figure, and to afford a strong and light structure the walls are made of sheet metal and provided with a laterally oflset vertical flange 10 that is secured to the standards 8 by rivets or otherwise, as shown in Figure 5.

The rear margins of these side plates may be ofi'set from the body thereof and then doubled over on themselves and the free edges two layers of material margins of the plates returned so as to form standards 11 of reinforcing the rear 9. These reinforcing standards or ribs 11 are adapted to be placed agalnst the Wall of a room, if desired, but if necessary to clear the base board of a room the standards may be made to extend from the base board up to the'top of the cabinet, especially in cases where the wall of the room is relied upon to aid in supporting the cabinet in vertical position. But where the wall is not relied upon for such purpose the reinforcing ribs or standards may extend from the floor upward to the top of the cabinet.

If desired, back plates 12 may be pro' vided for the respective sections having their lateral margins riveted or otherwise secured to the flanges of the standards 11 as shown in Figure 5.

The back the cabinet may extend from the top of the cabinet to the floor, or if desired only to the base board of a room, and the back plate of the central section may extend from the top of the cabinet down to the sink.

The standards 8, side plates 9 and back plates 12 with the connecting elementsform together a main frame that is strong in structure, light in weight, and adapted to be readily and economically constructed.

A top is mounted upon the main frame and may be made of any suitable construction and consists of a top plate 18 and cor n1ce 14.

The cornice may be omitted, if desired, but the top plate 13 is preferably used to protect the contents of the upper portion of the cabinet from dust and other undesirable material or matter.

The cabinet is provided with a which extends in substantially the same vertical plane as the standards 8, the inner standards preferably having vertical channel bars 16 secured thereto, as shown in Figure 5, serving as guides and runways for the lateral margins of the mirror, so as to permit the mirror to be raised and lowered vertically.

By means of such construction the central portion of the cabinet may be provided with one or more shelves 17 or drawers containing clean towels or other articles concealed from view when the mirror is lowered and readily reached by raising the mirror.

A cord 18 running over a pulley 19 and provided with a weight 20 may be attached at one end to the balance the weight of the mirror and allow the mirror to be readily raised or lowered. The weight 20 may be placed within the hollow interior of one of the standards 8 and the pulley 19 secured Within the standard, as shown in Figure 6; a slot being made in the wall of the standard to receive the pulley and the cord mounted thereon.

The front portion of the basin extends plates of theouter sections of mirror 15' frame of the mirror to preferably outwardly df the vertical plane cured to the lower portion of ,the mirror and.

provided with a top 22-.serving ga a shelf 'to lioldsmall articlesplacedthereon byv a customer, such as hairpins.

Rubber-stops 24' may be placed between thebottom of the frame drawers-1 and the basin, lower fportion of the drawer supporting 21 to provide cushion's jtobreak'tl'ie force of any downj w-ar'd movement of the mirror and prevent injury thereto. f An electric lamp cornice or otherupper part" of the cabinet 25 may, be secured to the in line-with" the mirror and pro'vided with a terminal '26 W-l1i1e.for most purposes,

' for current connections.

and particularly for the purpose of saving space and protecting' ,the'mirror from injury, I avertical ',runway,.for the mirror and to and if desired the mirror may be hinged, to one of the standards 8 as shown in Figure -10,'and provided with adrawer 21 and'shelf 22. s Q

' I 'Theupper portion of each se'ctionofthe 5 cabinet ispreferably' provided; with a sub cabinet, formed ofthe'back plates-12, side 7 plates 9, top plate13, and a bottom plate tom and "top of the 27 serving as ashelf. v 1 :Thesesuh-cabinets may bepro'vided with oneor more shelves 28 intermediate the'botsub-cabinets,- as shown in Figure 4, or they-may consist of :a single unobstructed chamber or compartment, as

shown in Figure 3. n i.

The shelves may be provided with end fianges29provided with openings 30 which formed in the side plates 9 and-bolts, screws, or pins'may be inserted in thecorrespondsale,-

'ing openingsoi saidside plates and flanges to support the shelves in position. Doors 32 may behinged to the standards 8 and serve as closuresuforthe sub-cabinetsandfprotect the contents thereof.

. The door of one or both --of thesub? cabinets may be provided with a. glassbody and the sub-cabinets used to display for face and hairdressing appliances, such as powders, rouge,

remain in'plain view of the customers while being served or treated,

dyes, and hair tonics,"and

They make convenient-j containers moreover for many articlesofhairdressers use which now for lack oft space aretscattered.

about or placedoutside-of the booth such as-I- sterilizers for cleansing the artioles usede-f 1 Ltmusn'elv the v or secured to the 'frequently used, such refer-to use relation to 'the wash basin.

' ments ahd 34 shown in responding In general, at t a present time, there is but one sterilizer for all the booths of a hairdressing establishment, and the operator leaves the booth to sterilize an article of use.

In such cases the customer does not know whether the-article used has been sterilized or not, but because of the facilities provided by thepresent invention individual j This shelf may 'beflprovi-ded w th iii-beaded or raised outer .margi-n 231to hold such articles in place.

sterilizers may be employed in each booth arranged in one of said subcompartments out of the-way and within easy reach of the operator, and the customers can see each articlesterilizedfin their presence, thereby giving evidence .otits cleanliness and sani tary condition. I l

' Byremoving or adjustin the shelves of said. sub-compartments, bul y objects may be placed therein, or all objects that. are not repeatedly used during the hairdressing operation.

and be within reach at al times.

The cabinet is also provided with open compartments 33 and 34 to contain articles as a small gas or electric stove 35 to heat curling irons, etc. shown in the compartment 33 and a tank 36 for shampoo liquid shown in compartment 34. movesthe mirror-vertically such means are; l 1 not essential-to the general idea of the in 3 -vention,

The tank 36 may be secured to one of the side plates-bf the main frame and is provided with a discharge faucet 37 in close Drawers 38 are provided in the side sec tions of the cabjz'net to hold such articles or material, as may be desired.

These drawers may be supported in any suitable. manner, but preferably by means of the bottoin or shelf 39 of the comparterspective in ielves may be Figure 9. The drawers and s removedyand replaced whenever desired.

' These shelves are secured to the side plates of the sections by means of flanges 29 in the manner already described, and the front corners of the shelf are cut away forming angular recesses 40 to receive the standards 8. 1' v 1 In most 'gcases I prefer to bend the plate plate 42 spaced from the shelf 39 by the wall 41.

The under'plate 42 is provided with inturned flanges 43 to receive and support corwalls of the drawers, as shown in Figure 8.

Baskets or corresponding receivers, such as drawers 45, are arranged between the standards 8 at the bottom of the structure to'receive soiled towels or other similar arti- "cles and above the. baskets flap lids 46 are hinged horizontally pressed backward to permit articles .to be 7 readily inserted in the baskets or drawers '-without moving the and adapted to be baskets outward.

VVhen'these baskets are removed from between the uprights 8 the entire lower por" I tion of the cabinet is exposed and readily] Ill) 39 to fornra front wall 41 and an under flanges 44 formed on the side cleaned and Kept in a sanitary condition. prings may be arranged back of said flaps 46 to hold the same normally in vertical position and at the same time permit the liaps to be readily pushed backward to insert articles into the basket.

The portion of the cabinet below the basin is preferably left open to insure ready access to such portion for cleanng purposes, and prevent the accumulation of undesirable articles or material therein and also to provide room for a foot-rest, if desired.

lnstead of the construction and arrangement shown in Figures 1 to at inclusive, the cabinet may for many purposes be constructed without the sub-cabinets at the upper portion of the side sections, and open .compartments 47 may be arranged on one outer side or section of the cabinet and drawers 48 on the other side, as shown in Figure 1.0.

In some instances moreover one entire outer side section of the cabinet may be omitted and the cabinet comprised of one side section and the basin section.

Such construction is desirable at times where the floor space available is not sulficient for a full size cabinet, or Where such a cabinet is sufficient for the immediate needs of the user.

And the cabinet may be made in separable side or outer sections adapted to be placed together or with a basin section to form a built up cabinet.

In the construction shown the sides of the basin bear against the sides of the standards 8 leaving a space between said, sides of the basin and the side lates of the main frame which may be bri ged, by-means of a drip plate 49, attached to the side plates and extended over on to the basin, as shown in Figures 2 and 3.

By means of the construction shown and described, a cabinet is provided for hairdressers use that is simple and economical inconstruction, durable in use, adapted to be readily maintained in a sanitary condition, occupies but a minimum of floor space, and enables an operator to complete his work in the shortest time possible, with comfort and satisfaction to the customer at every stage of the beauty treatment or operation.

any other and including standards at the front of the cabinet, outer Sections arranged between certain of said standards, a central section shorter than the outer sections arranged between certain others of said standards and a ving a compartment, said lower plates, the latter of which is of less width than the former and,provided at its side edges with depending inturned flanges forming opposed channels for receiving portions of a drawer.

3. A cabinet of the class described. ineluding standards, side walls secured thereto and forming a compartment, and a shelf for said compartment secured to said walls and incuding upper and lower plates the latter of which is of less width than the former, said upper plate being cut away at certain of its corners to receive said standards, and said lower plate being provided at its side edges with depending inturned flanges forming opposed channeds for receiving portions of a drawer to support the same beneath said shelf.

In testimony whereof I have aflixed my signature.

FRANK Lan'rinnr.

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